These links can often be within the text of your page. But the side menu items are also links to every page of your site.

External links.

• Links towards other sites are often useful for content that has no place on your own site.

Often a good place for this type of link is at the end of your chapter or at the bottom of your page. It is also not a bad idea to have external links open in a new window.

Links toward other sites also respect an important quality of good websites. That they are not dead ends on the web, rather they are part of a larger network of sites.

Here are some handy tips to help you implement links in a meaningful and useful manner.

Links should be a different colour than the main text so that readers are able to easily identify them as such. This has been programed into each of the SimpleDifferent themes, but if you choose to change the colors, keep in mind that links should be clearly visible and identifiable as links.

Don't be afraid of actually writing "click here to [link]..." before the link.This will better guide your readers. Some people are new to the web.

Importantly ... you should put the link on the keyword(s) or expressions that describe the actual content of the place where the link will take your readers.

Links are essential elements for Google to understand how your site is structured and what it is actually talking about.

links are labels leading to the corresponding content

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You are getting very close to having a functional page for your readers and for search engines. There are only a few more steps. Now it is time to consider